Early Hiphop releases in New Zealand include the collection Ak89 - In Love With These Rhymes, compiled by Simon Laan and released by Auckland radio bFm in 1989 (on cassette only), and a variety of releases by Southside Records, owned by Murray Cammick.
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Released by Deepgrooves Entertainment and distributed by Festival Records, it replayed the song "Dreadlock Holiday" by 10CC and went to number one for several weeks in 1994 and was also an Australian hit.
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Double J and Twice the T was a New Zealand hip hop duo, best known for their 1989 #2 charting song "She's A Mod/Mod Rap", a hip hop reworking of Ray Columbus & the Invaders' 1964 cover of "She's a Mod".
Whilst only a stopgap release, it was remixed by the New Zealand hip hop artist DLT.
Ness is also the father of New Zealand hip hop artist Che Fu.